Date Homework
11/5/07 Correct WW 3 A-D; Group reading; decide which vocab. words to use in part E.  Homework: Reread Woodchuck story and do part E. Use complete sentences and underline the word you use.
Correct SS questions up through ch. 19. 
TCI Ch. 4: "Life in Medieval Towns" pp. 43-51.  Preview, Read 4.2 and do ISN
11/6/07 Turn in Wordly Wise 3 packet
Correct TCI 4.2 and 4.3; Do 4.4 together; Do Jigsaw for 4.4 to 4.7 (4 groups); Get in 4 expert groups & complete assigned section.
Return to home groups; experts teach teammates. 
Homework:
TCI:  Read & study the rest of chapter 4.

Study the TCI ch. 4 vocabulary for a test tomorrow.

11/7/07 Correct TCI ch. 4 study guide; Take test on ch. 4 vocab.
Discuss Shadow Spinner; Groups discuss answers to questions for chapters 15 to 19.  (As a class, we reviewed ch. 15-16.)
11/8/07 Quick homework quiz:  Shadow Spinner  What happened to Marjan when she got out of the carpet? (p. 143)
Groups share their answers for ch. 17-19. Write answers on the board.
Homework: Read ch. 20
Chapter 4 test   "Life in Medieval Europe" (Word web as a team; multiple choice individually)
Homework:  Read parts of speech from p. R-8 in the Binder Reminder; Make a list of 5 each; Come prepared tomorrow to play Mad Libs
Shadow Spinner ch. 20
11/9/07 Correct TCI ch. 4 test; turn in for recording
Veteran's Day: Arlington National Cemetery DVD by National Geographic, scenes 1-4 and 11
Homework:  Find a current event (on the TV, in the newspaper, or on the Internet) about Veteran's Day 2007.  Write a paragraph about it which includes: who, what, when, where, why.  Add details to develop your paragraph. (4 sentences or more)
Check homework (Parts of Speech)
Using a thesaurus to find synonyms
Play Mad Lib using found vocabulary  - Didn't get time to finish Mad Libs
(Tuesday we'll finish word walls for parts of speech.)